Page-320 of UPSC Questions

Most individual states in United States have their own flags. Do you think that Indian states should also have similar kind of state flags, symbolic of their tradition and heritage? Opine.

Though it is hard to represent an entire nation on a piece of cloth, but in general, national flag of country represents the history, culture, religion and symbol...

July 18, 2022

Do you agree with the view, that being head of the state and being supreme commander of Indian armed forces, the election of president of India should be direct? What would be practical difficulties in the same? While taking reference from the constituent assembly deliberation on this matter, explain why we have current system in place.

Some Constituent assembly member favored a direct election of President. However, for several reasons, the direct election was crossed out. Firstly, President is only nominal head and his...

July 16, 2022

Explain the so called Global Gag Rule. Are there any implications of this rule over working of NGOs in India? Discuss

‘Global Gag rule’ is a US policy which denies funding to NGO’s, prohibiting them from encouraging abortion and investing in abortion related healthcare in their countries, the recent...

June 14, 2022

Successive governments in India have failed in implementation of their housing schemes to rehabilitate slums. While analyzing the reasons for the same, critically discuss if current government schemes in this direction are designed to correct past mistakes.

The key reasons for failure of the various housing schemes to rehabilitate the slums are as follows: Lack of planning and poor management of projects: Most of the...

June 14, 2022

India is among the lowest scoring countries on political finance regulation as per the Global Integrity Report. Suggest the immediate steps that should be taken towards improving India's position.

India is among the lowest scoring countries on political finance regulation as per the Global Integrity Report mainly because of cash donations and no need of disclose of...

June 13, 2022

At present, whether a person is below the poverty line or not is measured on the basis of daily expenditure. What are flaws in this model? Do we have any other models to handle our flawed understanding of poverty? Discuss.

The Lakdawala Formula which was in place till 2011 provided that a non-poor can afford 2400 and 2100 calories worth of consumption in rural and urban areas respectively....

June 6, 2022

Joint family system doesn't seem to be core feature of Indian society any more. Enumerate the factors responsible for it?

Joint family/Extended family can take different forms, but has more than one couple and often more than two generations living together. It doesn’t seem to be the core...

June 5, 2022

What are the critical issues being faced by Indian army in current times. Discuss while suggesting steps to tackle issues that should get highest priority.

 The issues which plague our Indian Army are as follows- Restoring the intrinsic strength of unity in the Indian army. Reignite the fervour of oneness in the “rank...

May 25, 2022

What do you understand by mission mode? Discuss various schemes launched by Government of India in mission mode for Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry.

Mission Mode means that the projects have clearly defined objectives, scopes, implementation timelines and milestones, measurable outcomes and service levels. Some of the schemes in the Agricultural and...

May 24, 2022

Discuss the so called "Core Labor Standards" under the 'Declaration of the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work' of International Labour Organization.

The Core Labor Standards are a set of four fundamental,universal and individual human rights set out in eight Fundamental International Labor organization human rights conventions.The standards are among...

May 23, 2022